Chapter 15: Plan of Escape, Halted
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Naruto plans for his escape, but other forces have plans for him
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Start date, December 5
Naruto woke up to someone shaking him on the shoulder. He groaned and curled tighter in a ball. He let out a yelp when the person picked him up from under his arm. He looked back to see a ninja.
"Up boy, I brought you something to eat."
Naruto sat up and let out a yawn. He moved to rest his back on the headboard. The man handed him a bowl of soup. Naruto winced in pain from his shoulder. He ate it as the man sharpens his weapons. Naruto did not like him. The door opened up and three ninjas and a samurai came in.
"Hey did you hear of the kid that escaped from…" one said
"Yes I have heard and that he escaped about two weeks ago. They say he is going to Moon. What do you want?" the man asked, annoyed
"We want to know if you want to come with us to look for him. He will be easy to find, with blue eyes and marks on his face. There should be a bounty on his head for his capture. Many ninjas and samurai are coming here to look for him. There are also bounty hunters." another said
"I can't; I have to keep an eye on this brat right now."
One man snorted and they left. Naruto started a coughing fit and the man took the bowl from him. Naruto leaned his head back and let out a moan.
"You just rest. I will bring you something to eat later."
Naruto nodded and the man left. Naruto looked around the room again and up at the ceiling. He noticed it was tiles that could be removed if need be; he would use it as an escape. He moved lower on the bed and went back to sleep. He was not surprised to see himself in front of the doors of the kyuubi's cells. He stood up and walked up to them.
"You look like shit, they cut your hair."
Naruto snorted and grinned.
"I know a jutsu ero-sennin sent me to grow out my hair. He wanted me to learn some jutsu that use my hair. At least this way I won't have to dye my hair, till my hair grows out. Thanks for keeping the illusions up, I thought they would recognized me by now."
"They won't be able to cancel it out. I will hold the illusion from now on. Your healing ability is off and it will take you longer to heal. I can't do much to help you now."
Naruto faded from view and went in a deeper sleep.
-captured-
The healer came back to talk to the man named Marl. He suspected something about the boy. He found the man talking with a group of ninja. Marl noticed him and walked to the healer.
"I got him to eat something earlier, but he had a coughing fit."
"Good, but I suspect something about him. I think he has an illusion over his face." the healer said
The man's eyes widen, and then narrowed.
"Let's go see, he should be still asleep." Marl said
The two made it to the room Naruto was in. The man unlocked the door and walked up to Naruto. He brought his hand up and used the jutsu to cancel out jutsu. Nothing happened.
"I guess I was wrong." the healer said
"No, I had felt his chakra moving around his body when I first saw him. I guess he was using his chakra to keep warm, which confuse me slightly. Maybe one of his parents is a ninja and that could be why he had control of his chakra. I just don't know." Marl said
The two watched Naruto curl into a tighter ball.
"When do you think he can be moved?" Marl asked
"In a few days."
They left the room and Naruto open his eyes.
"I need to send a message to them and I need to escape. With a lot of people looking for me I need to get away."
"True, but you are not well to travel."
"I know, but it is better I get away now."
"Leave in a few days, to get some of your strength back."
Naruto nodded and went back to sleep.
-captured-
Four days passed and Jiraiya was getting worried for Naruto. He could only think of the things Tsunade would do to him, if Naruto was hurt, or worse, killed. He glanced at Kakashi and knew he was like himself. He just hid it better then him.
"Brat, you better send word soon or I may just kill you myself when you are brought here."
-captured-
Naruto was sitting up in bed and managed to summon Gamakichi in the middle of the night. He quickly put a hand on the frog summons's mouth and waited till he believed no one will noticed what he did.
"Don't talk, tell them I am okay, just got caught by some people who think I am someone else. I am escaping in a few nights. Now get."
The frog disappeared and Naruto lay back down and faked sleep when his door opened. A female ninja looked in the room and turned on the light switch. Naruto stirred and looked at her with sleepily eyes. She looked at him before leaving the room. Naruto went back to sleep.
-captured-
Three days passed and the genin and Shikamaru could tell the wariness from the jounin and sennin have risen as each day passed.
They were looked at oddly by many of the kids their age and older. They found the same information as Naruto. Each major city has an academy for young children that want to become ninjas. If any from smaller communities, they are taught by a ninja stationed in the small towns. After the academy, which they graduate at twelve, they are then sent off to train under a ninja that wants to train students. Once the teacher finds them ready, usually not until they are about fifteen or even older, they are sent to the capital. They would get assigned their tasks from doing missions to being sent to a city or town, many times to train more.
Kakashi decided to ease some of the tension and had asked for a training ground for their students. They were sparing and were getting annoyed at the group that was watching them. Sasuke was tired of them and sent a large fire ball their way. That scattered them.
Kakashi let out a sigh as he looked at his book. It was too quiet without Naruto. He smiled slightly when Jiraiya was brought to him all tied up. It was the owner who caught him and knocked him out. He was still in the room tied up, and was grumbling about it.
"Kakashi-san, it seems your group is not too worried about the boy." a Moon ninja said
"One is, but she is hiding it. They are really not his friends. He grew up alone. The care he received was to see if he was alive and he had food. The Third wanted to take him in, but he would have been too busy to take care of a child. When Naruto is found and brought to us, the Hokage will be sending a letter to the Fang, asking why they took a ninja of her village. She will demand reputation on their part."
The man nodded and watched the group fight. Each had different abilities and styles. The ninja was cautious of the group, seeing strength shown from many.
-captured-
Naruto groaned inward as the healer gave him a shot of antibiotics to help fight his infection. He still did not fell any better. He had not been able to get much sleep with coughing all night. He never had been very sick and guessed his luckiness left him. He looked out the window and saw many ninjas walking pass. He looked at the healer who held out a cup for him with a sleeping draft.
"Drank this and you will be able to get some sleep."
Naruto pushed it away. He has only seen a few people since being put in the room. He did not even talk to Marl who kept on asking him questions or the ones who would come to talk to him. He just faked sleep or turned his back to them. The healer brought the cup to him again.
"Drank it, or I will force it down you."
Naruto snorted and lay down on the bed, turning from the man. It made the man angry and he grabbed Naruto by the arm. He forced him to sit up and look him in the eye.
"Look here, I am trying to make you better. You will have to take your medicine and you will take this. You don't, I will force it down you."
Naruto slapped the cup away. He knew he should be taking the medicine, but each time he planed a night to escape, he would be too sleepy to do it. He had not taken any of the medicine in the past four days. The man backed hand him and Naruto fell to his side. He laid their stun for a moment and moved from the man, faking his fear. The man got up and left the room. Naruto heard the door locked and he moved back in bed. He rubbed the side of his cheek. He swallowed and winced at how soar his throat was and his chest. He had to escape tonight, or he feared he would not be able to.
-captured-
The healer walked out of the room and locked the door. He was angry with the boy. He walked around the building till he found Marl.
"Did you get him to take it?" the man asked
"No, he won't take his medicine or even the sleeping draft I made. He won't talk and I think he is mad at being sent to the orphanage." the healer said
The man shook his head.
"Do you need some help to keep him still?"
"No, I have a way to get him to take his medicine. I have to go back to hospital and get more medicine for him. I will be back shortly if I am not called away beforehand."
The healer left, and grimaced at the high winds and snow falling. He knew someone would get hurt during the night. He hopes it was not him as he traveled the icy streets at night. Marl went to his office, letting out a tired sight. He was sad for the boy, since none of his men found any sings of the boy's family.
-captured-
Marl got up from his desk and went to the room Naruto was in. He opened the door and found the boy hidden under many blankets. He shut the door behind him and sat at the foot of the bed. He frowned at how cold the room was.
"Now Kit-kun, I know you want to stay here for word on your family, but I fell we might not find them now. You are too old to attend the academy, but I believe the operator of the orphanage is looking for a ninja to take you in and teach you. I think you would like to be a ninja."
He thought the boy was asleep, but heard him cough.
"Now why don't you take your medicine? It will make you better and you might be able to keep food down."
Naruto kicked out form under the covers, hitting the man in the thigh.
"I don't want to become a ninja. I want to find my family." was heard muffled under the covers
"I am sorry Kit-kun; I doubt we will find them now. Now I will go get you some soup to eat."
"Not hungry." was Naruto's muffled reply
The man got up and left the room. He locked the door and shook his head. A ninja walked up to him.
"Sir, the storm is getting worse."
"Have the guards on shorter rotations. Get a few more blankets and take them to Kit. The heater keeps going out in the room."
The ninja nodded and both left.
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Naruto got out from under his blankets. He stood up on his bed and reached for the heater mounted above his bed. He opened a panel and jiggled a wire and it went out. He looked out the window and rolled his eyes. It would be a bad time to escape, but it would work for his cover. He sensed someone coming and hid under his covers again. The door was unlocked and a ninja walked in. The ninja frowned seeing the heater went out, again.
He strained his ears and heard snoring coming from the boy. He threw two blankets over Naruto and left the room. Naruto poked his head out from the covers. He actually wanted to stay under them. He covered his head back up and decided to try and get some sleep.
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The healer came back and entered into the building. He was soaked form the sleet. Marl walked up to him and shook his head.
"You might as well stay here tonight. I am going have to move the brat my office. The heater went out again." Marl
The healer nodded his head.
"Well, I will get the medicine mixed together. He won't like it, but he will be taking it. I rather not have to go to the extreme."
"Neither do I. I told him it is doubtful we will find his family. He will not hear me. He won't talk and is too stubborn."
"He will see the truth what you have said. I actually hoped you found his family." the healer said
"So did I."
The two looked down the hall that lead to where Naruto was. They heard something that sounded like glass breaking. Marl took off and saw smoke coming form the room. The healer came behind him as the man opened the door. A blast of fire roared at them. The man looked inside and saw Naruto in a corner across the room. Marl ran off to get help.
-captured-
Naruto had been sleeping till he heard glass break. He ignored it and drifted off to sleep again. He started to get too hot and his nose curled at the smell of smoke. He threw the covers back and was meet with fire. He saw something being thrown at him and he dogged, only to have his right arm catch on fire. He jumped to a corner and ripped of his shirt. It was soaked with the accelerant. He got the fire out on his arm and he bit his lip from the pain. He was angry at being caught in a corner as the fire spread throughout the room.
He was happy to see the door open up and saw Marl. He watched as the healer came and the other man ran off. He saw the healer went through a set of hand seals and water spewed out of his mouth. It hit Naruto and a small path was made. He got up and ran to the door. He fell in pain when a kunai sunk deep in his leg. He got up and limped out of the room. The healer grabbed him and brought him from the room.
Ninjas ran passed them as the healer carried Naruto. He laid Naruto down on the floor and pulled his pants off. He saw the boy was out cold. He checked to see if he was still breathing and let out a sigh. He forced the smoke the boy breathed in, out. Marl came back and grimaced, seeing burns on the boy's arms, legs and chest. The healer looked up.
"Don't worry, just minor burns, he was lucky. Why would someone do this?" the healer asked
"I don't know, but there was a disturbance on the other side of the city. I think this could have been a distraction. We won't know till we get some word." the man said
He watched the healer pull out the kunai. He reached in his pouch and pulled out a pill box. He handed it to the healer who opened it. He took out a blood stopper and blood replenishes pills. He forced Naruto's mouth open and dropped the pills in after he broke them apart.
"Let's take him to my office and put him on the couch."
The healer nodded and picked Naruto up. Marl grabbed the healer's bag that was left by the door. They entered into the room and the man took off the blanket off the couch. The healer laid him down and treated burns on his arm, back, chest, and legs and wrapped the wounds up. He mixed the medicines and set them to the side.
Both sat down, waiting on word on what happen.
End date, December 12
Don't think this will be the end of me torturing Naruto in my story.